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I have found these little packets, wrapped in bits of leaf, in the rootrainers sown with leeks. I am assuming they are the larvae of something but I have no idea what.
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Quick!!!!...RUN!!!!!!!
...nope- no idea!- clever though eh?
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No I haven't just in case it's something rare or endangered or sommat
I have carefully closed the rootrainer back up and returned it to the rack where they were growing on.
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Ha ha, there is no way i would open them if i was on my own lolComment
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Something soft! The leaves are not stuck together, just wrapped in neat little bundles. I don't want to unwrap it as it may harm what is in there. I have now found some more in another rootrainer, four this time and have carefully closed them back up. I thought it might be a leafcutter bee but can't find anything that would confirm this.Comment
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I have them in a bag of compost i left open. I opened one up and its got a big grub in it. Amazing structures aren't they?Comment
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Never seen them before, but they look interesting. Could be leafcutter bee but I always thought they cut smaller pieces of leaf rather than whole leaves.
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Leafcutter bee is my first instinct.Comment
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Originally posted by gojiberry View PostThis is similar except that these are wrapped singly rather than several in a long tube. I do feel that it is a 'solitary bee' though, so I shall just have to put them somewhere that they won't get wet and let them be. Perhaps I will fill the rest of the rootrainers with compost and leave them for more nests. I could have a bee nurseryOriginally posted by rustylady View Post
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Looks Like Leafcutter Bee to me.....every summer they lay their larvae in the pots on my garden tables ....it's lovely watching them flying in with a big lump of leaf!Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs! https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...lies/smile.gif
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